cognize

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As the speed of the blows increases, further qualitative differences arise; the musical tone rises in pitch until it becomes too acute for the ear to cognize, and thus vanishes from consciousness.

From Through Nature to God by Fiske, John

By quality, that by which I cognize any mode of existence.

From A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

The source of this spiritual Omniscience we may not, in our finite intelligence, fully cognize, because full cognition would preclude the possibility of finite expression.

From Cosmic Consciousness by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)

It has schemes, forms, and objects proportionate to its wider field, which our mental fields are far too narrow to cognize.

From A Pluralistic Universe Hibbert Lectures at Manchester College on the Present Situation in Philosophy by James, William

Man is more than physical personality, or what we cognize through the material senses.

From No and Yes by Eddy, Mary Baker